Gunpowder Explosion in the Midst of a Troop Division, 1780

Title

Gunpowder Explosion in the Midst of a Troop Division

Draughtsman

• Jan Anthonie Langendijk

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Pen and light brown ink, brush and grey and black ink, over traces of black chalk or charcoal

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• coal?
• chalk?
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): Langendijk fecit 1780

Captions Added Later

Verso signiert und datiert unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): Langendijk fec: 1780
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• genre

Primary

• 45D21(+22) land forces (+ cavalry, horsemen)
• 46C131 riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman
• 45B(+22) the soldier; the soldier's life (+ cavalry, horsemen)
• 46C1442(+9) four-wheeled vehicle drawn by two animals (+ accident, collision, crash ~ traffic and transport)
• 45C1612(+22) gunpowder disaster (+ cavalry, horsemen)